r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 18h ago

Society Ukraine Struck Yandex Data Centers, Russian Bots Went Silent—Now Questions Are Mounting

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-struck-yandex-data-centers-russian-bots-went-silent-now-questions-are-mounting-23339
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u/ArgentineBeauty 18h ago

Some right wing politicians are about to start wondering why no one is engaging with their posts anymore.

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u/Pkrhett 17h ago

r/conservative has 0 users at the time of this comment.

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u/jiminyshrue 17h ago

Ha! Look up the new posts, there was an 8 hr stretch where there absolutely no new submissions. Lmao

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u/GoodbyeThings 15h ago

yesterday there was also a 7h stretch btw, but I did notice that too. Would love to see an analysis of the comments since posts being sporadic could be explained by it being nighttime in the US too, I guess

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u/Cryptoporticus 14h ago

Every post there requires mod approval, and they generally don't approve posts over night.

So far, every single one of these "the conservatives have disappeared!" claims either have no proof, or are easily disproven. I still haven't seen a single piece of legitimate evidence that shows a noticeable decrease in any activity, just a lot of headlines saying that it's happened.

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u/AWorldwithoutSin 14h ago edited 14h ago

A year ago there was an extended power outage in moscow that affected /r/conserative for the time frame https://www.reddit.com/r/visualization/comments/1p2iqlu/nearly_every_day_two_users_on_rconservative/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=technology&utm_content=t1_pf9365r

TL:DR Conseratives two most prolific posters were missing while Moscow was offline.

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u/jiminyshrue 14h ago

That makes sense. Maybe I'm used to subreddits being moderately populated still active at anytime.

Conservative mods locking down posts while asleep huh? Don't them purple haired libs posting furry commie porn.